Man City - the new bitters?

[Bobby Hundreds]

3 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

Embarrassing lack of knowledge from City fans.
 

Anyway, all this just makes me appreciate our magnificent Dutch manager Jurgen Klopp all the more. 

You can't beat the Dutch, Denmark is a beautiful country.

[Aventus]

I wonder if the imminent news of this would have influenced Arteta's decision to leave at all. 

[Jennings]

 

27 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

I was quite pleased with that one actually. 

 

Pep Bannediola? 

You're not trying mate.

 

I've knocked up this picture to show you how!!!1!

 

[Anubis]

Re: Lineker. Have the BBC been tapped up by City to defend them. On 5 Live before they were trying to make out that City had to spend big to get to the CL places, like a start up business. They were them banging on about how Amazon recorded big losses at first to get ahead. It’s mad the lengths they’re going to, to defend them.

[Oh Buoy]

UEFA saw me standing alone

Without a dream in my heart

Without a love of my own.

Banned moon

[Guest Pistonbroke]

1 minute ago, Anubis said:

Re: Lineker. Have the BBC been tapped up by City to defend them. On 5 Live before they were trying to make out that City had to spend big to get to the CL places, like a start up business. They were them banging on about how Amazon recorded big losses at first to get ahead. It’s mad the lengths they’re going to, to defend them.

 

The BBC sports Journalists are in the majority Mancs. 

[KMD7]

6 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

Embarrassing lack of knowledge from City fans.
 

Anyway, all this just makes me appreciate our magnificent Dutch manager Jurgen Klopp all the more. 

Ha! He's obviously Belgian. 

Sorry NP

[Jimmy Hills Chin]

The best part of this is that as good a manager that Pep is, there is no doubt it's always been based around the cheque book and that has now basically been taken away. He can longer just buy any player he wants to strengthen a position and would, for the first time in his life, actually be required to manage a team not just spend willy nilly.

 

They can't fudge the figures anymore and don't have the commercial side to compete financially with the proper 'big boys'. It's all well and good being owned by a financial giant but if you can't actually spend the money then it's as useful as a chocolate kettle.

 

This really could be the first few steps on their trek back to mediocrity. We just need to win this years CL to lube up the path.

[3 Stacks]

6 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Re: Lineker. Have the BBC been tapped up by City to defend them. On 5 Live before they were trying to make out that City had to spend big to get to the CL places, like a start up business. They were them banging on about how Amazon recorded big losses at first to get ahead. It’s mad the lengths they’re going to, to defend them.

Great comparison. We all know how above board Amazon are with their finances and how fairly they deal with their workforce. 

[Barrington Womble]

8 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Re: Lineker. Have the BBC been tapped up by City to defend them. On 5 Live before they were trying to make out that City had to spend big to get to the CL places, like a start up business. They were them banging on about how Amazon recorded big losses at first to get ahead. It’s mad the lengths they’re going to, to defend them.

I was listening to 5live earlier and last night football daily. I was shocked how much they defended city and this none stop narrative about how honourable the owners are. With no hint they've actually been found guilty of anything or run a state with human rights violations. "They've tried to do it the right way". We'll uefa would say otherwise. 

[KMD7]

1 minute ago, Barry Wom said:

I was listening to 5live earlier and last night football daily. I was shocked how much they defended city and this none stop narrative about how honourable the owners are. With no hint they've actually been found guilty of anything or run a state with human rights violations. "They've tried to do it the right way". We'll uefa would say otherwise. 

Could you imagine the reaction if it had been us?

[Guest Pistonbroke]

2 minutes ago, Barry Wom said:

I was listening to 5live earlier and last night football daily. I was shocked how much they defended city and this none stop narrative about how honourable the owners are. With no hint they've actually been found guilty of anything or run a state with human rights violations. "They've tried to do it the right way". We'll uefa would say otherwise. 

 

When something English is threatened (ironic being as where the Owners come from) they all seem to band together and play the 'It's us against them' card. I know it's not related, but look at the fuss the Press/media made of the Racist shit against the England team (and rightly so)...yet, when racism rears its ugly head in England their response is somewhat muffled. 

[Grinch]

50 minutes ago, Herp McDerp said:

 

This year has ruined the Football Manager games for me. Doesn't matter if I save scum before every match,  I'm never topping this season.

This season is where I'd get bored and start a new save cause it's too unrealistic to be this good. 

[Bobby Hundreds]

7 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

Great comparison. We all know how above board Amazon are with their finances and how fairly they deal with their workforce. 

Amazon do adverts now showing how well their staff are treated "Yeah we have targets to hit but work hard and party hard" come on an Amazontour and see for yourself, point at the animals but don't feed them not until their break anyway.

[Barrington Womble]

4 minutes ago, KMD7 said:

Could you imagine the reaction if it had been us?

We'll I would imagine it would do the same way the evra / Suarez situation where Suarez was guilty before the process even started. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

11 minutes ago, KMD7 said:

Could you imagine the reaction if it had been us?

 

Said this earlier mate. Wall to wall media coverage, page after page and probably the PM and certain MP's having a dig. 

[Lee909]

7 hours ago, chrisbonnie said:

 

I personally think an annual wage cap is the real answer to ffp. 

 

 

Wouldn't t work. 

Say I want to buy Ronaldo, but only have 5 million of my cap left. Instead of the fee for Ronaldo being 80 million, I sign him for 100 million, 20 of which goes to the player and agent as a signing fee and makes up the 5 million a year I couldn't officially pay him

 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Pissing myself at these blerts. hahahaha. 

 

@BluePhil8

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If the idea of an alternate to the CL is being poo-poo'd - how about a true international competition?

@BluePhil8 said: ↑

I think if we could pursuade the right clubs - Dortmund, Atletico, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Lyon, Monaco, Bilbao, Valencia, Spurs etc. and double the prize money on offer from UEFA it would eventually eclipse the CL.

Following on from this idea, so it's not seen as a 'bridesmaid' competition we could also try to rope in the likes of Boca Juniors, River Plate, Corinthians, Independiente, Rangers and Celtic etc.

 

[TheDrowningMan]

5 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

 

 

Wouldn't t work. 

Say I want to buy Ronaldo, but only have 5 million of my cap left. Instead of the fee for Ronaldo being 80 million, I sign him for 100 million, 20 of which goes to the player and agent as a signing fee and makes up the 5 million a year I couldn't officially pay him

 

Yeah, I think transfer fees would have to be eliminated for it to work. You’d need US style draft / trade systems instead, and that’s a non-starter.

[Pidge]

4 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

 

 

Wouldn't t work. 

Say I want to buy Ronaldo, but only have 5 million of my cap left. Instead of the fee for Ronaldo being 80 million, I sign him for 100 million, 20 of which goes to the player and agent as a signing fee and makes up the 5 million a year I couldn't officially pay him

 

Quite a clear example in Saracens of how that can still be avoided.

[Barrington Womble]

15 minutes ago, Pistonbroke said:

 

When something English is threatened (ironic being as where the Owners come from) they all seem to band together and play the 'It's us against them' card. I know it's not related, but look at the fuss the Press/media made of the Racist shit against the England team (and rightly so)...yet, when racism rears its ugly head in England their response is somewhat muffled. 

That's true and there's definitely an idea racist behaviour here is just an isolated incident and there'll always be bad uns, but if one Johnny foreigner steps out of line, they're all like that and they need a lesson from the English on how to behave. 

[Stickman]

Funny seeing bitters in their droves sticking up for their favourite club City by using Heysel as some bizarre similarity with Man City being banned...

 

Wonder if that will still be the case if Everton are 5th with a couple of games to go 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

1 minute ago, Barry Wom said:

That's true and there's definitely an idea racist behaviour here is just an isolated incident and there'll always be bad uns, but if one Johnny foreigner steps out of line, they're all like that and they need a lesson from the English on how to behave. 

 

Their agenda is blatant, also from a bunch of Suits who are more than likely racist themselves. 

Anyway. The draw for the Ethiad Champions Trophy has been concluded.

 

Group A

 

Manchester City

Manchester City B

Manchester City U23's

Manchester City U21's

Man City U18's

 

Group B

 

Burnley

Kaiser Chiefs

Wuhan Zall

Kawasaki Frontale

Everton

[Bobby Hundreds]

If city appeal they will be allowed in next years competition until the appeal is dealt with won't they. So 5th place getting in the champions league is a non starter.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

A choice take from the Blue Moonies

 

City may have broken rules but the issue here should not be what City did in that regard but the fact that the rules need breaking. Once upon a time it was legal to have slaves; laws / rules are not always (morally) correct and the world and history are full of examples of that.

I'd particularly ban any journo applying the term financial doping to MCFC: it does not apply. All City's owner has done is try to invest in his business to make it competitive.